Betty J Noon
January 09, 2008
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Betty J. Noon, 86, was born Elizabeth Jane Johnson, died January 9, 2008 at Riverside Manor Care Center. She was born November 9, 1921 at her parents homestead in Colorado.
Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Saturday, January 12, 2008 at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 pm Friday, January 11, 2008 at the funeral home.
Betty was a proud mother of nine children. She will be greatly missed by Charolette Kaster of Cedar Rapids, Larry (Alice)Noon of Grimes, James (Chris) Noon of Ankeny, JoAnne (Francis) Enbusk of Des Moines, Carol (Joe) Harter of Apache Junction, AZ, Richard Noon of Marion, Patty Mitchell of Ames, Fred Noon of Des Moines and Dorothy (Marc) Gergen of MI. She also leaves 28 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild, many nieces and nephews and many friends.
She is a retired City of Des Moines employee. Betty enjoyed singing, playing the piano and organ. Most of all, as matriarch of the family, they considered her the smartest woman ever and their hero. She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters.
Barbara (Hamil) Hauser
01/11/2008
Betty Noon Family: My Aunt Marcella just called me and told me about your mother. I am so sad. She was a wonderful person. I hope you remember us as we lived 2 doors down from you on 5th Avenue. Carol, you and Joe and your mom visited us in Ventura, California. I am so sorry for your loss. My husband and I live in Texas and my brother Richard lives in Missouri. We lost my Dad 12 years ago and my mom 11 years ago. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you at this time. Maybe we can stay in touch. I gave the funeral home our address and phone number. We come back to Iowa about every two years to visit family, and my Aunt and I was just talking about you and your family. We were just back there in July. I just found out that your mom and my Aunt Mary were in the same home. I only wish I had known that. Again, accept my deepest sympathy. Love, an old friend Barbara (Hamil) Hauser
DARWIN NORDQUIST
01/12/2008
FRED,WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOUR MOTHER,BUT SHE DID A GOOD JOB OF RAISING YOU. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR CONDOLENCES.
DARWIN & MARILYN NORDQUIST
Patty
01/11/2008
Mom I will miss everything about you, your smile, your thoughtfulness
and even your little temper when we do our silly little things that use
to annoy you.I will miss our talks our closeness and your advise to me
and my family. I will never be the mother you were nor will I be the
saver you want me to be. But one thing for sure I will never forget you
Your with Grandma now and she is taking care of you.
There is no more suffering for you.
I Love you Mom and will Miss you greatly,I will never forget the
wisdom and care you gave to us all.
your loving daughter, Patty
Julie Mitchell
01/11/2008
Grandma,
You have alwalys been my source for answers in this crazy world..I knew no matter what I came to you with,You always had the answers..Now without you in my life, I am left with all of the great advise and wisdow you taught me..
Athough I will miss you terribly,I know you are where you wanted to be..I know selfishly i would of loved you to stay..I hope you are happy and Your young and full of piss and vineger,just like you were in life..I love you soooo much and I personally an going to miss my lady with all the answers..
Love Your crazy red-headed Granddaughter,
Julie Ann
Judy Overton Neff
01/11/2008
My Heart goes out to all of you kids for the loss of your Mom. I knew your Mom when I ran around with Charlotte in High School. I always thought your Mom was really a neat lady and she was such a friendly person. She took time to talk to me, and always had a welcome smile on her face when I came over. So many of the moms of my friends just were not friendly, but your Mom as busy as she always was took time to chat with me. I know how lucky you all were to have her in your lives.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Judy Overton Neff
Bill and Barbara Stewart
01/11/2008
We send our condolences to Bettys family. She will be missed by friends and family. Rest assured that Betty was here for a reason. I can't help to think that reason was for the family of 9 children who needed a strong willed person to be able to raise, teach, and guide them all. Her job is done, and now she is at peace with the lord. She always treated us like family, and we still remember the smile she always had. love to you all.
Karyn (Noon) McNulty
01/09/2008
Grandma, you will be missed. You have always had an open ear and never a word of judgement. You were strong and caring and watched over everyone of us. Your love and encouragement has seen me through my life and helped me acheive my dream. I will miss you greatly. Love, your nurse.
fred
01/10/2008
Just got a call from Congressman Boswell. He wanted me to pass on his
condolences. Fred
Charolette
01/10/2008
Betty Noon
Few women have as much love and respect from their family as Mom does. She was always there for us when we needed her. She was kind, intelligent, generous, wise and beautiful. Throughout her life, she was a giving person living an exemplary Christian life.
She came from the humblest of beginnings, born in a dirt-floor-cabin on a remote Colorado homestead. As an infant, she moved back to Perry, Iowa with her family where she lived during her elementary school years. It was here she learned to play the piano and her beautiful singing voice was discovered by her music teacher. During the great depression, her family shared what they had and opened their doors to other family members who needed shelter. Food was in short supply and one summer the family existed on vegetables from a neighbors garden. At age 11, the family moved to Des Moines where she attended Hiatt Junior High and North High School.
After high school graduation, Betty worked in various jobs and married Carl Noon. Carl and Betty moved to Donnellson, Iowa and started their own business. It was here she stilled the congregation as she sang Ava Maria for the Christmas Eve worship service. They became the parents of six of their children, and the difficulties of the Second World War was upon them. After the birth of their sixth child, they sold the business and moved to Des Moines where they remained and had an additional three children, totaling nine in all.
Carl and Betty were divorced in 1954 and Betty was left with the nine children to raise. Times were not easy as finances were difficult. Bettys Mother moved in to help with the children while Betty got a job to support the family. It required Betty to be a strict money manager in order to stretch the meager income to feed and house the family. We didnt live in a good part of town, clothes were few, and there wasnt always enough food. But somehow, we grew closer with those adversities. She ingrained a good work ethic and instilled the value of getting an education in each of us.
She worked for the City of Des Moines for many years and opened up new opportunities for women in general as she advanced her education and successfully filled a previously all-male career path.
Her faith was important to her and she relied on it to get her through those tough times. It was not as if she had a day of epiphany, but rather her faith was deep-rooted in her and woven throughout every aspect of her daily life. She saw to it that all her children attended church and learned about God and Jesus. One of her first jobs was as the Epworth United Methodist Church Secretary, serving under Reverend Tinker. This was a fulfilling employment for her. She also played the organ for services there. We particularly remember when her youngest son was serving in Viet Nam, the fourth to do so. She had prayed for the safety of each one of them during this trying period. Then one night prayed to have the burden of the worry lifted. When she awoke the next morning she told of the inner peace she had been given.
Worldly goods were never important to her. In her later years, we asked her if she had preferences about her funeral or distribution of her property. Her reply was that these were only things; to do with them as we felt best; that she would be in Heaven far away from worry about worldly things.
We will miss this woman. But a piece of her will always remain with us in our hearts and in everything we do throughout our lives. She was our hero.
Love always,
Charolette, Larry, James, JoAnne, Carol, Richard, Patty, Fred & Dorothy and all their families
Becky Kaster Lavender
01/10/2008
My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Love,
Becky
John Cooper
01/10/2008
My heart and prayers are with all you children of this remarkable Lady you called mother but to those of us growing up in the neighbor and the hours we played as youngsters she was also a special lady to us also.
Her smile and kinds words and open invitations to come into the house when we stopped by for a game of neighborhood kickball or intense night time hide and seek games are treasured memories we can reflect upon --
Like time that passes we look at the old neighborhood with some house standing and other gone but the chuckles and giggles as neighborhood kids racing around in those carefree days of old -- those were the best of times when we could just be kids and let the world pass us by --
I sit here in the quietness of my home and am recalling those days gone by and the happiness our folks brought us up to know and appreciate as kids ---
For time gones on and we all passed into adulthood and have started our own families and watch them grow up and so we move a little slower -- have lost some hair along the way -- even put on a few pounds and gained lots of grey hairs along the way but as are so much wiser -- we can only hope --
May each of you remember those precious loving tender times of growing up in a home filled with LOVE --- and take a few moments to walk down the silent memory lane we all called 5th Avenue and even listen closely as the winds gently blow we might even hear our youthful voices calling us back to those days of younger years on 5th Avenue --
So hold on to the memories of your mother -- and take comfort knowing that God has welcomed her home and given her an eternal peace --
Again my prayers and deepest sympathy is with each of you Noon children today and forever --
Love
Little Johnnie Cooper (that is what your mother always referred to me as)